1895 Missouri Tigers football team

The 1895 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Western Interstate University Football Association (WIUFA) during the 1895 college football season. In its first season under head coach C. D. Bliss, the team compiled a 7–1 record (2–1 against WIUFA championship) and finished in a three-way tie with Kansas and Nebraska for the conference championship.[1]

1895 Missouri Tigers football
WIUFA co-champion
ConferenceWestern Interstate University Football Association
Record7–1 (2–1 WIUFA)
Head coach
CaptainCharles Young
Home stadiumRollins Field
1895 Western Interstate University Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri + 2 1 07 1 0
Kansas + 2 1 06 1 0
Nebraska + 2 1 06 3 0
Iowa 0 3 02 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7Sedalia Athletic Club*W 10–0
October 12Vanderbilt*
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 16–0[2]
October 193:00 p.m.vs. Purdue*
W 16–6[3][4]
October 26vs. DePauw*St. Louis, MOW 38–0
November 2vs. Nebraska
L 10–12
November 9vs. Northwestern*St. Louis, MOW 22–18
November 18Iowa
  • Rollins Field
  • Columbia, MO
W 34–0
November 28vs. KansasKansas City, MO (rivalry)W 10–6

References

  1. "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  2. "Missouri boys are all right, defeated the Vanderbilt boys on the gridiron". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 13, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Missouri-Purdue Foot-ball Game". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. October 19, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved December 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "The Tigers Downed Purdue". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 20, 1895. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.


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